Resultados Editorial "Audible Studios" en Ciencia ficción

Ottant’anni prima, la Terra venne distrutta da un nemico alieno. Molti fuggirono mentre altri, in milioni, morirono. L’umanità creò dei nuovi esseri umani potenziandoli come Idris, in modo che potessero comunicare tramite la mente con i loro aggressori. Poi questi “architetti” scomparvero improvvisamente, senza una ragione apparente, e Idris e la sua specie divennero obsoleti. Da quando hanno ricondizionato la sua mente durante la guerra, Idris non è né invecchiato né stanco.

Dopo il 2026. Vista da lontano sembra una costruzione da fiaba: una lunga linea fortificata di un bianco abbacinante che attraversa quattro Stati nordafricani. Oltre, una striscia di terra desertificata chimicamente; oltre ancora, il Mediterraneo. Benvenuti al Muro, invalicabile barriera per i dannati della Terra che tentano di oltrepassarla ma anche meta turistica alternativa per i ricchi del mondo: la soluzione radicale al problema dell’immigrazione clandestina.

Julia nos leva a uma viagem surpreendente pela agora icônica distopia de Orwell, com reviravoltas que revelam lados inesperados, não apenas de Julia, mas de outras figuras familiares do universo de 1984.

Cenes é um planeta que desperta para a revolução industrial quando a espaçonave Harim, vinda do distante planeta Climar, aterrissa em uma de suas cidades. Os climarianos passaram a conviver com os cenenses, influenciando-os com sua tecnologia e cultura. Duas décadas depois, os invasores desapareceram de Cenes tão misteriosamente quanto chegaram. A nave Harim, contudo, ficou suspensa sobre a cidade de Azúlea, e há quarenta anos ela emite raios que causam uma terrível doença entre os cidadãos abaixo dela.

人類の希望は、遥か11・9光年の彼方――。たったひとりの冴えた相棒と、謎の解明に挑む!未知の地球外生命体アストロファージ――

地球上の全生命滅亡まで30年……。全地球規模のプロジェクトが始動した!グレースは、真っ白い奇妙な部屋で、たった一人で目を覚ました。

Tradotti per la prima volta in Italiano, questi tre racconti di Claude Lalumière - uno dei migliori scrittori di fantascienza contemporanea canadese - spaziano dalla climate fiction alla fantascienza distopica e sociologica in puro stile Black Mirror, indagando i concetti di identità e di appartenenza in maniera illuminante e suggestiva.

Ships are sinking for no apparent reason, carrying hundreds to a dark underwater grave. Strange fireballs race through the sky above the deepest trenches of the oceans. Something is about to show itself, something terrible and alien, a force capable of causing global catastrophe.

Difficile de préciser exactement quand le démon est apparu sur Terre, peut-être était-il déjà dans le cœur des premiers hommes, mais il a vraiment commencé à se manifester à partir de 687 avant Jésus-Christ et depuis il n'a fait qu'accroître son emprise. Aujourd'hui il est indispensable, omnipotent et omniprésent. Il guide nos vies, il est à l'origine de nos joies, de nos malheurs, de la plupart des guerres. Il a vaincu la religion, le communisme et même l'amour. Il est la règle du jeu.

A millionaire English lord dreams of founding a Utopian community on a remote Pacific island. Among the 40-odd men and women selected for the project are a pestologist named Camilla and the narrator. Within hours of the group's arrival on the sunny isle, their radio has been destroyed. Within days, several members of the group are dead. Dream turns to nightmare as they discover the island is overrun by a species programmed to resist and dominate any invader.

Francis Saxover and Diana Brackley, two scientists investigating a rare lichen, discover it has a remarkable property: it retards the aging process. Francis, realising the implications for the world of an ever-youthful, wealthy elite, wants to keep it secret, but Diana sees an opportunity to overturn the male status quo by using the lichen to inspire a feminist revolution. As each scientist wrestles with the implications and practicalities of exploiting the discovery, the world comes ever closer to learning the truth.

David Strorm's father doesn't approve of Angus Morton's unusually large horses, calling them blasphemies against nature. Little does he realise that his own son, his niece Rosalind and their friends have their own secret aberration which would label them as mutants. But as David and Rosalind grow older it becomes more difficult to conceal their differences from the village elders. Soon they face a choice: wait for eventual discovery or flee to the terrifying and mutable Badland.

With his play style now known to all and Aetherius’ older brother, Magnitude, gaining a stranglehold on high-level content, Damien struggles to maintain his relevance in the ever-changing world of Saga Online. In order to regain his notoriety and fight back against Magnitude’s growing power, Damien must undertake a quest that is far beyond his level. If he succeeds, his occultist character will be changed forever.

The Sword of the Lictor is the third volume in Wolfe's remarkable epic, chronicling the odyssey of the wandering pilgrim called Severian, driven by a powerful and unfathomable destiny, as he carries out a dark mission far from his home.

Gene Wolfe's "The Book of the New Sun" is one of speculative fiction's most-honored series. In a 1998 poll, Locus Magazine rated the series behind only "The Lord of the Rings" and The Hobbit as the greatest fantasy work of all time.

Rex Walker always wanted to be like his father: a daring, adventurous man, traveling the world in pursuit of mysterious relics. While teaching anthropology at a Boston college, Rex attempts to bury the past, until he discovers a hidden clue he can’t ignore. With the help of a former student, he teams up with an alien-obsessed billionaire, and they search for the fabled Bridge. As an unidentified object nears Pluto, speculation surges. Some hail it as the homecoming of a distant alien race, and this cult is unwavering in their efforts to usher our world into a new era.

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L'humanité progresse dans l'espace depuis plus d'un siècle, déjà, s'implantant sur chaque planète habitable, au détriment des civilisations qu'elle rencontre. Le profit à tout prix est devenu la seule idéologie des Terriens, depuis la prise de pouvoir du Triumvirat. Ava embarque à bord du C.S. Marco Polo, cargo de la flotte commerciale, sous les ordres du capitaine Bligh. Cette dernière, ancienne héroïne de guerre, doit conduire le vaisseau jusqu'à une planète paradisiaque, occupée par un peuple vivant en harmonie avec la nature.

Derrière la façade très académique de l'institut St Mary, les équipes d'historiens, de techniciens, de chercheurs ont découvert le secret du voyage dans le temps. Ici, on n'étudie pas seulement le passé, on le visite... "J'ai fait des choses stupides dans ma vie. J'ai souvent été imprudente et j'ai enfreint beaucoup de règles. Mais jamais auparavant je n'avais ruiné autant de vies ni laissé un tel désastre derrière moi."

Alors qu'ils arpentent le Sentier du Rayon en direction de Calla Bryn Sturgis, une terrible tempête oblige Roland de Gilead et son ka-tet - Jake, Susannah, Eddie et Ote - à s'abriter dans une bourgade abandonnée depuis longtemps par ses habitants. Bercés par la lueur des flammes et les hurlements du vent, les quatre compagnons écoutent le Pistolero lever le voile sur deux épisodes troubles de son passé...

Les retrouvailles du ka-tet de Dix-Neuf auront été de courte durée, car les pistoleros doivent à nouveau se séparer pour accomplir les deux tâches dont dépend le sort de la Tour Sombre : mettre fin à l'ignoble labeur des Briseurs détruisant les Rayons, et sauver l'écrivain Stephen King d'une mort programmée qui les condamnerait inéluctablement. Et ce n'est là qu'un prélude à l'affrontement avec Mordred - monstre hybride enfanté par Mia/Susannah -, le dernier héritier de la lignée d'Eld mais aussi du Roi Cramoisi, lequel n'a pas dit son dernier mot.